Money talks

You need to know what truly motivates many in our Congress. Is it their people (constituents), power, or even principles? The answer is easily MONEY!

Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) on Saturday chose to vote yes for the healthcare bill in the Senate soon after she was promised $100 million for her state. According to her however the figure is more like $300 million in FEDERAL funds. She "sold" her vote. Is this the kind of people we want running our government. In arguable the most important piece of legislation in our generation at least one Senator cannot vote without money changing hands. What a sad state of our Congress.

In other areas I can understand these kinds of tactics displayed, but when something is so vitally important to our nation, which everyone on both side of this issue agree, why do we have to auction our vote and sell it to the highest bidder?

If this bill is argued in the Senate and more compromises and "auctions" made for votes it will do nothing but add to the final price tag. These are things never mentioned in the mainstream media.

As of now the bill is estimated to reach into the hundreds of BILLIONS and yesterday $300 million was added to the final price tag, even though on paper it is not there.

Is this the sign of our times, or just politics? Either way it is wrong. People who are motivated by money are in leadership. Is socialism not far behind? What happened to principle driven people? President Obama promised to bring CHANGE to Washington, it sure seems like the same thing all over again, just a higher price tag!!

Is your future safe?

Yesterday Attorney General Eric Holder went before the Senate Judiciary Committee to defend the decision of President Obama to try Khalid Sheik Mohammed(KSM) in a civilian court in New York City. You should know that there are many problems associated with this.

First, in a civilian court people are innocent until proven guilty, and yet the Attorney General himself has implied that these people are guilty even before the trial when he stated, "Failure is not an option."

Second, the victims of 9/11 were those in the towers, plane, and the Pentagon. We do not need another round of victims to pop up here. KSM is living for this moment so he can once again propagate his cause, this time with an open forum in the courtroom. It does disjustice to those who gave their life that day in the attack to let this one man relive his "triumph" through our court system.

Third, a civilian trial is a trial of peers, for this is truly the American way. If his peers are honestly chosen then the prosecution has no chance of winning a conviction. For his true peers will wholeheartedly agree with his fundamental jihadist ways. We endanger not only our way of life but our way of freedom and the court system when we open this up to a civilian court.

Fourth, our current President has tried to down play this "War on Terror." He refuses to call it a war. If this current President had been living in 1941 what would he have called the attack on Pearl Harbor? Are not a direct attack on us a direct act of war? We are at war with an unseen enemy. One that does not wear a traditional uniform, but clothes themselves in a robe of violent ideology and dons these clothes against all who oppose them.

Fifth, why is this even brought to a civilian trial? Why are they brought before a system who tries murders, not soldiers who kill innocent lives? There are a lot of security issues at stake here. What a tragedy that in the effort to bring ONE person to justice many truly innocent lives are put at risk.

Our future generations are constantly being jeopardized by ONE man, and no, this man is not KSM. It is the person who promised to defend us from all harm. Opening a civilian case for a military act? Is this really protecting us, or trying to shift the climate of America to a more tolerant view against those who try to destroy us. Is our future truly safe when these kinds of actions are carried out? I think you know the answer.